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authorLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2017-08-23 14:33:51 -0700
committerLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2017-08-23 14:33:51 -0700
commitb55b936038ba66233fb765b7b46ed6852dc8fdfb (patch)
treedf3750929bb0a41f16db1dce3621fac3d2e1ecea /Documentation
parentMerge branch 'cc/ref-is-hidden-microcleanup' into maint (diff)
parentdoc: add missing values "none" and "default" for diff.wsErrorHighlight (diff)
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Merge branch 'ah/doc-wserrorhighlight' into maint
Doc update. * ah/doc-wserrorhighlight: doc: add missing values "none" and "default" for diff.wsErrorHighlight
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/diff-config.txt11
-rw-r--r--Documentation/diff-options.txt17
2 files changed, 15 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/diff-config.txt b/Documentation/diff-config.txt
index cbce8ec638..5ca942ab5e 100644
--- a/Documentation/diff-config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/diff-config.txt
@@ -200,7 +200,10 @@ diff.algorithm::
+
diff.wsErrorHighlight::
- A comma separated list of `old`, `new`, `context`, that
- specifies how whitespace errors on lines are highlighted
- with `color.diff.whitespace`. Can be overridden by the
- command line option `--ws-error-highlight=<kind>`
+ Highlight whitespace errors in the `context`, `old` or `new`
+ lines of the diff. Multiple values are separated by comma,
+ `none` resets previous values, `default` reset the list to
+ `new` and `all` is a shorthand for `old,new,context`. The
+ whitespace errors are colored with `color.diff.whitespace`.
+ The command line option `--ws-error-highlight=<kind>`
+ overrides this setting.
diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
index 43d18a4c5c..56dedafcd4 100644
--- a/Documentation/diff-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
@@ -300,15 +300,14 @@ ifndef::git-format-patch[]
with --exit-code.
--ws-error-highlight=<kind>::
- Highlight whitespace errors on lines specified by <kind>
- in the color specified by `color.diff.whitespace`. <kind>
- is a comma separated list of `old`, `new`, `context`. When
- this option is not given, only whitespace errors in `new`
- lines are highlighted. E.g. `--ws-error-highlight=new,old`
- highlights whitespace errors on both deleted and added lines.
- `all` can be used as a short-hand for `old,new,context`.
- The `diff.wsErrorHighlight` configuration variable can be
- used to specify the default behaviour.
+ Highlight whitespace errors in the `context`, `old` or `new`
+ lines of the diff. Multiple values are separated by comma,
+ `none` resets previous values, `default` reset the list to
+ `new` and `all` is a shorthand for `old,new,context`. When
+ this option is not given, and the configuration variable
+ `diff.wsErrorHighlight` is not set, only whitespace errors in
+ `new` lines are highlighted. The whitespace errors are colored
+ whith `color.diff.whitespace`.
endif::git-format-patch[]